NVD - CVE-2016-4448

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CVE-2016-4448 Detail

Modified

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Description

Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html	Mailing List Release Notes
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html	Mailing List Release Notes
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html	Mailing List Release Notes
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html	Mailing List Release Notes
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html	Mailing List Release Notes
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90856	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722	Third Party Advisory
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html	Release Notes
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338700	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4472c3a5a5b516aaf59b89be602fbce52756c3e9	Vendor Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=502f6a6d08b08c04b3ddfb1cd21b2f699c1b7f5b	Vendor Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709	Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206899	Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT206901	Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT206902	Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT206903	Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT206904	Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/HT206905	Release Notes
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-134	Use of Externally-Controlled Format String	NIST

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4448
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2016
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

CVE-2016-4448 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 11:59:15 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 6:21:18 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 4:16:57 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 12/27/2019 11:08:55 AM

Reanalysis by NIST 9/25/2019 11:29:16 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/20/2019 5:04:16 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 4/22/2019 1:48:01 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 4/22/2019 1:48:01 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 3/08/2019 11:06:37 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/04/2018 9:30:53 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/31/2017 9:29:24 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/28/2017 9:59:02 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/27/2016 9:59:30 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/28/2016 3:18:08 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/27/2016 10:01:05 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/22/2016 10:00:14 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/14/2016 11:58:36 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/14/2016 10:47:19 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 9/12/2016 10:44:23 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/08/2016 10:01:13 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/23/2016 11:01:08 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/16/2016 10:01:04 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 7/22/2016 9:59:57 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 7/13/2016 10:02:27 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/20/2016 9:59:55 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 6/10/2016 10:40:35 AM

Initial CVE Analysis 6/09/2016 2:05:25 PM

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